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5 Ways Not to Suck at Readings

by E.A. Aymar

5 Ways Not to Suck at Readings

Give your audience what it wants. And what it wants is less of you.

Decisions & Revisions

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The Ghosts of Slavery

by Amanda Holmes Duffy

The Ghosts of Slavery

The spectral, searing power of Toni Morrison’s Beloved.

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